Music Web International "[Earphonious
Swamphony is] music of the nigh-time swamp with frog noises and
shudders and heaving birdsong. You are also confronted with the
grinding and grumble of jazzy dissonance and drum-set melee. "Blue
Trees" features primeval creature pulses while "Muck" plays with cicada
noises and wah-wah effects. "Sweat" takes us back to … nocturnal
mangrove noises while "Lagoon" is fraught with warbling and
wibbling--just a hint of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. This is
music of the Everglades--alligators, exposed roots, writhing snakes,
mudflats and high humidity." by Rob Barnett • Signal to Noise "Blob's
magnificent Earphonious Swamphony oozes to the fore by virtue of its
outrageous and relentless refusal to coalesce into anything specific
while remaining as loud as possible." by Larry Cosentino • Jazzreview.com "[R]hythm,
grooves, and a solid beat … are suggested, established, then ebb in and
out like the tides. BLOB as a band is sonically recreating wetlands at
night, complete with the mystery, beauty, and flat-out creepiness. "If
you can imagine outtakes of Bitches Brew with Roscoe Mitchell in Miles
Davis’ place or if Bernard Herrmann collaborated with Bill Laswell’s
Material for the soundtrack of Cape Fear 2: When Frogs Attack, then
this BLOB is ready for you and vice versa." by Mark Keresman
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